Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how knowledge and information is shared by small information and communication technology firms in Tunisia.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a comparative ...

For new companies in general, marketing is a critical issue. However, many high tech start ups face particular problems associated with marketing. They may have a product, rather than a customer focus; they may lack marketing ...

Explores the relationship between marketing theory and
marketing activity within the context of rural entrepreneurship.
The key to unlocking our understanding the
dynamics of this relationship was to use a number ...

Entrepreneurship is identified as a highly complex (Neck and Greene 2011), unpredictable (Kuratko 2004), dynamic (Cope 2005) and constantly evolving (Anderson 2000) phenomenon that is embedded into and emerges from its ...

The relevance of networks for entrepreneurship is now well established. However,
despite the extent of work carried out there are still clear gaps in our understanding
about how networks change and adapt over time and ...

Our investigation uses structuration theory to explore the emergence of a microfranchise whose aim is to raise the income of smallholder farmers in Kenya by enabling an increase in productivity. This longitudinal real time ...

ANDERSON, A. R. and SMITH, R., 2007. The moral space in entrepreneurship: an exploration of ethical imperatives and the moral legitimacy of being enterprising. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 19(6), pp. 479-497.

This paper explores the morality associated with entrepreneurship. It has been argued that
there is no moral space in entrepreneurship, but such instrumental views may miss out much of
the nature of enterprise and how ...

DRAKOPOULOU-DODD, S. and ANDERSON, A.R., 2007. Mumpsimus and the mything of the individualistic entrepreneur. International Small Business Journal, 25 (4), pp. 341-360

The purpose of this paper is to explore the persistence, in the face of
considerable evidence to the contrary, of the notion that entrepreneurship is
a purely individualistic practice. It may be that taking account of ...

Globalisation has changed the higher education landscape dramatically in the past 20 years, especially for business schools. Accordingly, universities have had to adopt different internationalisation strategies in order ...

Networking plays an important and well-studied role in entrepreneurial start-up processes, but its role in subsequent venture growth is less well understood. This paper reports on an in-depth longitudinal study of ...

NICHOLSON, L. and ANDERSON, A.R., 2005. News and nuances of the entrepreneurial myth and metaphor: linguistic games in entrepreneurial sense-making and sense-giving. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 29 (2), pp. 153-173.

This paper describes a social construction of entrepreneurship by exploring the constructionalist building blocks
of communication, myth and metaphor presented in the Independent newspaper. We argue that the sensemaking
role ...

The paper considers how and why SME retailers use the internet in their procurement processes. Examining retailers' views and reasons, we relate these to existing technology acceptance models, employing a qualitative ...

AVNY, G. and ANDERSON, A. R., 2008. Organisational culture, national culture and performance in International Joint Ventures based in Israel. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2 (2), pp. 133-145.

International Joint Ventures (IJV) capitalise on localised skills, knowledge and capabilities. Moreover, the internationalisation of markets offers scope to innovate, develop and market new products benefiting from ...

Purpose – E-trade (or electronic trading) appears to offer increased efficiency in business processes, but only a limited number of small firms in Korea have adopted the new processes. The purpose of this paper is to try ...

ANDERSON, A. R. and JACK, S. L., 2000. The production of prestige: an entrepreneurial Viagra. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 1 (1), pp. 45-56.

The social context plays a role in entrepreneurial activity. It shapes the perception and evaluation of opportunities and the generation of status. At a deeper level peer group perceptions influence and shape how businesses ...

This paper is an ethnographic study of rural entrepreneurship. It explores the relationship
between small business and the rural environment and is intended to contribute
to the development of entrepreneurial theory. The ...

Entrepreneurship is a process which involves discontinuity and change; entrepreneurs create
disequilibria and exploit the resulting change. Thus, entrepreneurship is in essence change. This
fundamental characteristic of ...

ZONTANOS, G. and ANDERSON, A. R., 2004. Relationships, marketing and small business: an exploration of links in theory and practice. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 7 (3), pp. 228-236.

This paper explores the links between the theory and practices of marketing and small business. The review of the literature highlights the close association of the more advanced conceptualisations of marketing, especially ...

This paper explores the role of religion in the formation and development of enterprise culture. The approach is that of legitimisation leading to an increase in environmental munifence. It is argued that entrepreneurial ...